/*
===========================================================================
Copyright (C) 2005 Sarunas

This file is part of MyPIRC source code.

DisksDB source code is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version.

DisksDB source code is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with DisksDB; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
===========================================================================
*/
using System;
using System.Collections;

namespace MyIRC
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Factory class for creating server conections,
	/// maintains list of created connections.
	/// </summary>
	public class ConnectionFactory
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Private constructor.
		/// Disaling ability to create instance of this class
		/// </summary>
		private ConnectionFactory()
		{
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Creates instance of server connection
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static IConnection Create()
		{
			return new IrcClient();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets intance of this class.
		/// Singleton design pattern.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>instance of ConnectionFactory class</returns>
		public static ConnectionFactory GetInstance()
		{
			if (null == conFact)
			{
				conFact = new ConnectionFactory();
			}

			return conFact;
		}

		private static ConnectionFactory conFact = null;
	}
}
